I have a server at home which I connect to remotely when I'm on the road. My portable computer is running Win XP with SP2 and I use either IE or Flash FXP to connect, and my home (server) computer is also running Win XP with SP2 and the server software I've tried is either Bulletproof FTP Server or ServU Corporate. My IP address for my server is dynamic.

The odd thing that happens is that I remotely control the computer using Symantec's PC anywhere and it connects in an instant, however, when I try to access the computer using FTP, the connection just hangs. I suspect it might have to do with my server computer's security software (Norton Systemworks 2005).

I've established the "Permit" funcion in the Program Rules section of the Norton Antivirus section, but it still does nothing. Any ideas what else could be causing the connection problems?

Thanks!